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What did the 1736 repeal officially end in England?

Legal prosecution for witchcraft

Why did people believe water would reject a witch during the swimming test?

Witches rejected baptism

What caused the French fortune teller's death in 1863?

Inflamed lungs from swimming test

How did Bridget Cleary die in 1895?

Burns from being held over a fire

In what year did John Wesley write that disbelieving witches meant disbelieving the Bible?

1768

Who intervened to stop Isaac Stebbings' persecution in 1825?

Local clergy

What did the divide between elite & popular opinion after 1736 lead to?

Vigilante justice against witches

What did rationalism prioritize over supernatural explanations?

Evidence, observation, & logic

What did the shift of witches in literature from fact to fiction reflect?

Changing educated attitudes

How many years after the 1736 repeal did Bridget Cleary die?

Nearly 160 years

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Changing Attitudes to Witchcraft in Britain

The Wider Intellectual Context: the Coming of the Age of Science and Reason

The North Berwick Witches in Scotland, 1590–91 and the Aftermath to 1597

The Lancashire Witches of 1604–13

The Great Witch-Hunt in Bamberg, Germany, 1623–32

Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian Witch Craze, 1645–47

Cotton Mather and the Salem Witch-Hunt, 1692–93

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Summary

Changing Attitudes to Witchcraft in Britain

The Wider Intellectual Context: the Coming of the Age of Science and Reason

The North Berwick Witches in Scotland, 1590–91 and the Aftermath to 1597

The Lancashire Witches of 1604–13

The Great Witch-Hunt in Bamberg, Germany, 1623–32

Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian Witch Craze, 1645–47

Cotton Mather and the Salem Witch-Hunt, 1692–93

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Summary

Changing Attitudes to Witchcraft in Britain

The Wider Intellectual Context: the Coming of the Age of Science and Reason

The North Berwick Witches in Scotland, 1590–91 and the Aftermath to 1597

The Lancashire Witches of 1604–13

The Great Witch-Hunt in Bamberg, Germany, 1623–32

Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian Witch Craze, 1645–47

Cotton Mather and the Salem Witch-Hunt, 1692–93

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Summary

Changing Attitudes to Witchcraft in Britain

The Wider Intellectual Context: the Coming of the Age of Science and Reason

The North Berwick Witches in Scotland, 1590–91 and the Aftermath to 1597

The Lancashire Witches of 1604–13

The Great Witch-Hunt in Bamberg, Germany, 1623–32

Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian Witch Craze, 1645–47

Cotton Mather and the Salem Witch-Hunt, 1692–93

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